Sentences with phrase «separated bike lane»

For one, it actually creates a separated bike lane on the roadway, which is much more preferred than a bike lane that is simply painted on the side of the road and almost looks like a road shoulder rather than a dedicated path for bicyclists.

«This is the challenge of trying to do a separated bike lane on such a narrow two - way street.»

On Streetsblog, Angie Schmitt describes research by Raymond Ziemba at Toronto's Ryerson University, studying the impact of installing a separated bike lane, in this case the Sherbourne Street bike lane in Toronto.

The City of Toronto is finally getting a separated bike lane.

Many are paired with a furnishing zone between the separated bike lane and motor vehicle travel lane and / or pedestrian area.

I remember reading somewhere that on 9th Avenue where the new separated bike lane was installed, bicycle use has doubled, pedestrian injuries have been halved, vehicle crashes are down, and cyclist compliance with traffic laws is higher, all without creating more traffic congestion.

During a blitz, «police should give out leaflets or hanging tags with tickets to explain why parking in a separated bike lane is so dangerous.»

The project will construct a contraflow separated bike lane on the east side of Glenbrook Road from Bradley Blvd. to Fairfax Dr. Traffic calming islands are also included in the design as a means of reducing speeds.

The project proposes two 11 - foot travel lanes, sidewalk, and a 5 - foot minimum one - way separated bike lane in each direction.

Montreal got its first separated bike lane in the 80s and has been treating bikes as a separate mode of transportation ever since.

The authors argue the best way to make cities safer for cyclists in Toronto and other cities planning for light - rail is to create separated bike lanes that minimize interaction with rail tracks.

On the one hand, we see how physically separated bike lanes and pedestrianization can increase safety, walkability and attractiveness.

Yet from supporting bike to work day through greening Madison Square to getting serious about physically separated bike lanes, the

This looks like a pretty lame report... there is nothing about bike lane statistics... how many of these deaths occurred in locations with separated bike lanes, sharrows, 1 lane roads, 2 lane roads, highways?

How about some separated bike lanes leading up to the bridges?

«Vehicular cycling» is all well and good, but New York City needs separate bike lanes.

Now we need more safe separated bike lanes like the new one on 9th Avenue.

Raised separated bike lanes are bicycle facilities that are vertically separated from motor vehicle traffic.

Separated bike lanes are at street level and use a variety of methods for physical protection from passing traffic.

The County offers nearly 100 miles of bike lanes, bike - friendly shoulders, and separated bike lanes (cycle tracks) countywide (including municipalities) which break down as:

It's time for some outrage and time for proper bike infrastructure and separated bike lanes, particularly on arterial roads.

Her death has led many to question why there are not separated bike lanes; the usual response from the politicians and the engineers is that there isn't enough room, that you can not give bikes their own lanes without taking something away from cars, and they don't do that in Toronto.

As this clipping from the November 1928 edition of Modern Mechanics shows, separate bike lanes parallel to highways were common in the Netherlands.

Will you join the call?Sustrans, the UK - based cycling advocacy group that we've celebrated as a powerhouse for cyclists» rights, is submitting a «Motion for Women» to local and national governments, calling on them to create safe, attractive environments for cyclists - including separated bike lanes - so that everybody, and especially women, can feel safe and confident in stepping out by bike.

They were also controversial; According to Reid in Bike Boom, cyclists fought against separated bike lanes, believing them to be a motorist plot to ban them from the roads.

Many people think that separated bike lanes, or cycleways, are a new idea.

Yet from supporting bike to work day through greening Madison Square to getting serious about physically separated bike lanes, the planning authorities, citizen activists and even politicians of New York City seem to have put their weight behind pedestrian, bike and mass - transit friendly planning.

Physically separated bike lanes are awesome.

The folks at StreetFilms have already covered the free bikes at Governors Island, new physically separated bike lanes in the Big Apple, and they've paid tribute to one of the city's cycling heroes.

That cuts costs, of course, and also makes it easier to implement test projects that could more quickly get separated bikes lanes added to your neighborhood, similar to the pop - up bike lanes I wrote about in February.

While we should continue to explore everything from separated bike lanes through efforts to eliminate truck blindspots, we should also utilize cycling's fun factor to our full advantage.

The video above shows a conversation between The Open Planning Project's Executive Director, Mark Gorton, and the Commissioner, and covers everything from physically separated bike lanes to reclaiming public space for people, through freeing up bus lanes for faster mass transit, and even the psychology of the street — how cues from the environment can help create cultural shift in the city's drivers.

Now a new study, Lessons from the Green Lanes, provides clear evidence that separated bike lanes work really well, not only at saving lives, but in attracting more cyclists, making cyclists feel safer, and increasing economic activity.

It's cool to see the big projects, like new bike shares being launched, or miles and miles of new separated bike lanes being built, but making the world more bike - friendly is also about lots and lots of small one - offs like this.

As Toronto strives to build a network of separated bike lanes throughout the city, some local business owners continue to raise objections.

During the 9 months following the installation of separated bike lanes on Dunsmuir Street, the number of collisions is reduced when compared to the 5 - year average of same 9 - month period of previous years.

To date, there is insufficient collision data to be able this element of overall cycling safety related to the separated bike lanes.»

Separated bike lanes are one of the most important aspects of a bike - friendly city, with buffer - protected lanes (wherein cars and bikes have a physical barrier like a curb between them) being the most sought - after.

Austin, Texas will soon begin operating 12 bicycle - specific traffic lights in the downtown area on one of the most popular separated bike lanes in the city.

Cities that have installed separate bike lanes, however, haven't seen an increase in accidents.

Separate bike lanes aren't universally accepted.

If you build separate bike lanes, who will come?

Not exact matches

Find the best paths and bike lanes that separate your child from traffic and teach traffic awareness.

Gustafson said the next step is to assemble a bike path advisory committee to decide issues such as the scope of the project and whether separate trails or a bike lane alongside the streets will be used.

«This would be a great time to create separated bike and rail lanes,» said Kay Teschke, a professor in UBC's school of population and public health.

Another factor that encouraged its use was the perception of a safe environment as regards urban traffic and the existence of bike lanes separated from the rest of vehicles.

The majority of the ride runs along bike lanes or separated bike path.

It has been pretty much been proven true everywhere: when you separate bikes from cars everybody wins, not just in the road, the bike lane and the sidewalk, but also in the businesses around them.

So find roads with slower traffic or with bike lanes, preferably fully separated ones.

The promise of 100 kilometers of new bike paths is becoming a reality with new safe, separated - from - traffic lanes